by Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

by Chris Chase, USA TODAY Sports

Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs isn't happy with the booing coming from the hometown fans at Soldier Field. In a recent interview with Comcast SportsNet Chicago, Briggs took issue with the negative vibes from the stands.

"I've been here a long time, too, and I've (heard) a lot of boos. For a lot of the wrong reasons."

What, exactly, are the right and wrong reasons to boo? Since Briggs doesn't elaborate, here's a partial list.

Wrong situations in which to boo:

-- Lovie Smith decides to take a knee at the end of the first half while deep in his own territory.

-- Jay Cutler throws a third-down bomb that is intercepted.

-- A 4-year-old forgets the lyrics to the national anthem.

Acceptable situations in which to boo:

-- A fellow Bears fan is seen putting ketchup on a hot dog.

-- You think you see Steve Bartman.

-- A 7-1 team loses five of six games and falls out of the playoff picture.

As the Bears have dropped to 8-6 after that hot 7-1 start, I'd say the boos fall into the "acceptable" category.

"Nobody, on any team I've seen, gets booed more at home than here in Chicago."

For real? Has he been to Philadelphia? New York? A Madonna film premiere? Didn't Tom Brady once get booed during the playoffs? That's Tom Brady! Three-time Super Bowl champion and UGGs endorser Tom Brady. If he's not immune, don't tell me Jay Cutler somehow gets a pass. Shoot, there are New York Jets players getting booed right now and it's only Wednesday morning.

"That's also a point to the passion of the Chicago fans."

He doesn't mean passion in the good sense of the word, like, "He's passionate about the music of Chopin." He means it in a "She's passionate, like that divorcee from Real Housewives of Atlanta" sort of way.

"Everyone is passionate, but everyone in Chicago doesn't know how to run a football team. Everyone doesn't know how to play professional football. It's our job to do that."

Well, I think the bigger problem is that no one in Chicago seems to know how to run a football team. (Rimshot!) But let's be careful about the stones we throw, Lance. Fans might not know how to run a football team or understand the nuances of the 4-3 defense, and that's fine. But you can't criticize fans for not knowing your job while you criticize them and act like you know theirs. If you don't want them telling you how to play, you shouldn't be telling them how to cheer.